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Creative Industries : Contracts between Art and Commerce
Creative Industries Contracts between Art and Commerce Author:Richard E. Caves This book explores the organization of creative industries, including the visual and performing arts, movies, theater, sound recordings, and book publishing. In each, artistic inputs are combined with other, "humdrum" inputs. But the deals that bring these inputs together are inherently problematic: artists have strong views; the muse whispers e... more »rratically; and consumer approval remains highly uncertain until all costs have been incurred. "By documenting a wide range of commercial interactions across the creative industries, this comprehensive and immensely readable book shows persuasively that economic theory can help us understand the sheer business of making art happen." —David Throsby, Times Literary Supplement "Even the economics-averse … will have no excuse to avoid this gracefully written volume. It promises to be a much-needed touchstone for work in cultural economics, the sociology of art and culture, and the interdisciplinary field of arts and cultural policy analysis." —Paul DiMaggio, Princeton University« less